Obadiah Benedict

	Born	Date	Location
^	Baptized	25 Sept 1765	Bethel, Conn.
	Married	Date	to Who at Location
	Died	Date	at Location

Parents:

• Father: Hezekiah Benedict; 1716-1807
• Mother: Hannah Judd

Child:

1. Asahel Benedict; 1792-1881

Possible children:^B

1. Hezekiah Benedict; m. 1816
2. Obadiah Benedict; m. 1817 or 1825
3. Hannah Benedict; m. 1818
4. Eley Benedict; m. 1823
5. Saphrona Benedict; m. 1825
6. Catharine Smith Benedict; m. 1825
7. Obadiah Benedict; m. 1825

Obadiah’s Early Years

It is possible that Obadiah originally came from Scotland and was adopted into the Benedict family.^A

Obadiah and ?

The Final Years for Obadiah

Footnotes

• Family reference: 444.9
• Family Tree: Benedict Generations
• Lineage: Obadiah Benedict⁵, (Hezekiah⁴, James³, James², Thomas¹)
• Books:
  • GBA-I p. 286%CITE{1001}%
  • GBA-II p. 305%CITE{1002}%

Notes

Note A: Scottish ancestry for Obadiah?

"The paternal grandfather of our subject was Obadiah Benedict, a native of Scotland, and a Quaker in his religious belief; his wife was of Welsh ancestry. Among the progeny of this worthy couple was Asahel Benedict, who was born in the State of New York, and adopted the occupation of farming."

From: "Portrait and Bigraphical Album of Sumner County, Kansas". Publisher: Chapman Brothers, 1885, p 427

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Note B: The list of possible children is derived from this Ohio marriage data table, which will require further scrutiny.

From Ohio Genealogy Express; Franklin county, Ohio marriages http://www.ohiogenealogyexpress.com/franklin/franklinco_marr_b.htm

date	Name	Married to	Minister	notes
1825 Oct. 26	Benedict, Asahel	More, Ebelina	Walker, Aristarchus
1825 Mar. 10	Benedict, Catharine S. daughter of Obediah Benedict	Lewis, Jacob H.	Walker, Aristarcrus
1823 Dec. 31	Benedict, Eley	Justice, Robert, Jr.	Walker Aristochus
1818 Nov. 26	Benedict, Hannah	Fairfield, Jacob, Jr.	Stansbery, R.
1816 Mar. 24	Benedict, Hezekiah	Lewis, Elizabeth	Griswold, Ezra
1817 Dec. 9	Benedict, Obadiah, Jr.	!McClean, Caty	Swaze, Wm. - Minister	marriage return filed Dec. 13)
1825 Oct. 5	Benedict, Obadiah	Little, Hetty	Cowles, R. W.
1825 Mar. 3	Benedict, Saphrona	Granger, Moses	Walker, Aristarcrus

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Note C:

"Most of the leases between the patroon of Rensselaerwyck and the tenants were generated between the late 1780s and the early 1800s. The terms of the lease usually stated that the tenant and his heirs agreed to hold title to the land in perpetuity and rent payments were to be made to the patroon annually in kind or cash. The leases also state the total acreage of land conveyed to the tenant along with the delineation of the plat. Releases of property to other individuals or parties is often documented. Lands described in these leases were situated in the East Manor and the West Manor."

"The Manor of Rensselaerswyck is the name of a colonial estate—specifically, a Dutch patroonship and later an English manor—owned by the van Rensselaer family that was located in what is now mainly the Capital District of New York in the United States.

The estate was originally deeded by the Dutch West India Company in 1630 to Kiliaen van Rensselaer, a Dutch merchant and one of the company's original directors. Rensselaerswyck lay on both sides of the Hudson River near present-day Albany and included parts of the present New York counties of Albany, Columbia, Greene, and Rensselaer.

The patroonship lasted successfully for more than two centuries, dying with its last patroon, Stephen van Rensselaer III in 1839. At his death, van Rensselaer's land holdings made him the tenth richest American in history to date.[2] The manor was split between Stephen III's sons, Stephen IV and William. Farmers began protesting the feudal system and the anti-rent movement was eventually successful, causing Stephen IV and William to sell off most of their land, ending the patroonship in the 1840s."

From: Rensselaerwyck Manor Papers; SC7079; Index to Leases; New York State Library

Todd, Paul and Benedict, Obadiah

March 8, 1798

Lease of land in Berne, Lot 37, 120 acres

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U.S. Census of 1790

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Names of Heads of Families	Free White Males
^	under 16	16 and over
Obadiah Benedict	2	1

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Names of Heads of Families	Free White Females
Obadiah Benedict	2

- 1790 Federal Census of Schachticoke, Albany county, New York; roll: M637_6; page 357; image: 325; Family History Library film: 0568146.

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U.S. Census of 1800

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Names of Heads of Families	Free White Males
^	to 10	10 to 15	16 to 25	26 to 44	45 up
Obadiah Benedict	2	1	1	1

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Names of Heads of Families	Free White Females
^	to 10	10 to 15	16 to 25	26 to 44	45 up
Obadiah Benedict	2			1

- 1800 Federal Census of Berne, Albany county, New York; roll: 22; page 65; image: 70; Family History Library film: 193710.

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-- JimBenedict - 31 Jan 2011
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